Bishop, Ann

BISHOP, Ann, better known as Mme. Anna Bishop, was the daughter of a singing master named Rivière, and was born in London in 1814. She studied the pianoforte under Moscheles, and in 1824 became a student at the Royal Academy of Music. Here she remained until her marriage with Sir Henry Bishop in 1831. In this year she appeared as a singer at the Philharmonic and other concerts. [See vol. i. 57 b.] In 1839 she went on a tour in...